Import/export HS code 2002: Canned or preserved tomatoes (not in vinegar)

Tomatoes prepared or preserved in ways other than using vinegar or acetic acid, such as in sauces or pastes

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* UK only, last 24 months analysed

Imports by country

What this shows: Import market volume by exporter country into the UK.

Top 5 values

Country £
Italy 630,120,321
Portugal 145,220,961
Spain 76,766,925
Netherlands 70,277,511
Greece 59,463,937

Countries rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Countries are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month volume, right side by second 12-month volume, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Country First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Italy 338,803,345 291,316,976 -47,486,369
Portugal 86,105,365 59,115,596 -26,989,769
Spain 42,696,942 34,069,983 -8,626,959
Netherlands 38,630,093 31,647,418 -6,982,675
Greece 33,078,798 26,385,139 -6,693,659
China 13,583,511 9,855,078 -3,728,433
Turkey 11,958,634 8,226,654 -3,731,980
Chile 8,617,854 9,195,478 +577,624
Belgium 6,623,411 11,052,447 +4,429,036
France 8,612,887 6,484,101 -2,128,786

Imports by country of origin

What this shows: Import volume by production origin country. Differences from exporter-country data can indicate re-export routes.

Top 5 values

Origin £
Italy 711,385,715
Portugal 129,205,374
Spain 101,032,701
Greece 61,798,101
China 23,642,306

Country of origin rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Origin countries are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month import value, right side by second 12-month import value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Origin First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Italy 378,681,386 332,704,329 -45,977,057
Portugal 76,449,104 52,756,270 -23,692,834
Spain 58,726,618 42,306,083 -16,420,535
Greece 34,480,290 27,317,811 -7,162,479
China 13,807,174 9,835,132 -3,972,042
Turkey 11,987,666 8,683,287 -3,304,379
Chile 8,666,649 9,316,806 +650,157
Egypt 5,912,783 7,886,676 +1,973,893
United States 4,604,743 7,695,552 +3,090,809
France 2,815,957 2,870,974 +55,017

Importers across UK regions

What this shows: Number of importing companies by UK ITL2 region.

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Outer London - West and North West 60
Inner London - East 59
Outer London - East and North East 47
Inner London - West 45
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 43

UK regions rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: UK regions are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month importer count, right side by second 12-month importer count, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

UK region First 12m Second 12m Delta
Outer London - West and North West 46 54 +8
Inner London - East 54 41 -13
Outer London - East and North East 40 34 -6
Inner London - West 37 37 +0
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 33 40 +7
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 26 23 -3
Greater Manchester 18 22 +4
West Yorkshire 15 17 +2
Essex 12 14 +2
Outer London - South 15 14 -1

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 977,915,451
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 139,601,316
Other 7,823,499
Road transport 4,815,069
Air transport 342,527

Transport rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Transport modes are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month import value, right side by second 12-month import value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Transport First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 532,182,061 445,733,390 -86,448,671
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 75,755,163 63,846,153 -11,909,010
Other 5,053,811 2,769,688 -2,284,123
Road transport 1,730,261 3,084,808 +1,354,547
Air transport 191,519 151,008 -40,511
Rail transport 42,601 4,163 -38,438

Import volume by port

What this shows: Import value handled by each UK port.

Top 5 values

Port £
London Gateway Port 431,815,020
Felixstowe 292,976,857
Liverpool Docks 120,552,074
London 89,842,475
Thamesport 35,404,920

Port rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Ports are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month import value, right side by second 12-month import value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Port First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
London Gateway Port 255,182,279 176,632,741 -78,549,538
Felixstowe 149,715,683 143,261,174 -6,454,509
Liverpool Docks 70,007,083 50,544,991 -19,462,092
London 47,089,291 42,753,184 -4,336,107
Thamesport 17,545,836 17,859,084 +313,248
Dover 14,379,421 16,708,273 +2,328,852
Immingham Docks 12,177,307 16,375,854 +4,198,547
Southampton 5,376,939 17,706,829 +12,329,890
Hull 9,336,375 3,271,731 -6,064,644
Eurotunnel 5,572,898 4,221,188 -1,351,710

Importer companies by SIC division

What this shows: Industry breakdown (SIC divisions) of importing companies.

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 338
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 98
Food and beverage service activities 82
Manufacture of food products 76
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities 16

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2026-01 187
2025-11 205
2025-10 189
2025-09 197
2025-08 185

Top importers

What this shows: Companies with the highest number of months traded for this HS code.

Importer company size by revenue band

What this shows: Distribution of importers across company revenue bands.

Top 5 values

Revenue Companies
1m-15m 250
54m+ 114
0-1m 109
15m-54m 69
Other 28

Import seasonality

What this shows: Average monthly import pattern from historical data.

Exports by country

What this shows: Export market volume by destination country from the UK.

Top 5 values

Country £
Ireland 6,264,059
Ghana 3,995,007
Portugal 662,502
United Arab Emirates 455,804
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 371,730

Export countries rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Destination countries are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month export volume, right side by second 12-month export volume, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Country First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Ireland 3,582,217 2,681,842 -900,375
Ghana 1,195,930 2,799,077 +1,603,147
Portugal 427,009 235,493 -191,516
United Arab Emirates 222,400 233,404 +11,004
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 212,219 159,511 -52,708
Iceland 143,183 130,643 -12,540
Spain 25,112 153,730 +128,618
Sweden 57,146 107,379 +50,233
Czechia 123,842 18,689 -105,153
France 44,177 92,926 +48,749

Exports by country of origin

What this shows: Export volume by production origin country. For re-exports, indicates where goods originated before UK export.

Top 5 values

Origin £
Italy 613,266
Greece 236,991
Spain 128,827
Ireland 63,119
XI 30,875

Export origin countries rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Origin countries are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month export value, right side by second 12-month export value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Origin First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Italy 341,899 271,367 -70,532
Greece 105,459 131,532 +26,073
Spain 58,958 69,869 +10,911
Ireland 35,219 27,900 -7,319
XI 22,354 8,521 -13,833
Turkey 18,188 6,227 -11,961
France 2,804 29 -2,775
China 866 0 -866
Netherlands 369 455 +86
Switzerland 0 217 +217

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 6,344,424
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 5,717,900
Other 1,568,273
Air transport 24,782

Export transport rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Transport modes are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month export value, right side by second 12-month export value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Transport First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 2,635,865 3,708,559 +1,072,694
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 3,215,074 2,502,826 -712,248
Other 841,190 727,083 -114,107
Air transport 19,948 4,834 -15,114

Export volume by port

What this shows: Export value handled by each UK port.

Top 5 values

Port £
London Gateway Port 4,805,157
Liverpool Docks 4,042,203
000 1,568,273
Holyhead 1,019,223
Dover / Eurotunnel 668,182

Export port rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Ports are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month export value, right side by second 12-month export value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Port First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
London Gateway Port 1,648,272 3,156,885 +1,508,613
Liverpool Docks 2,432,053 1,610,150 -821,903
000 841,190 727,083 -114,107
Holyhead 608,963 410,260 -198,703
Dover / Eurotunnel 340,323 327,859 -12,464
Southampton 267,642 179,665 -87,977
Middlesbrough 128,995 132,039 +3,044
Immingham Docks 83,921 105,708 +21,787
Felixstowe 109,370 54,835 -54,535
London 24,445 114,707 +90,262

Related HS codes

What this shows: Sibling or child HS codes in the same classification branch.

Quick facts

HS code: 2002

Coverage: United Kingdom, most metrics for the last 24 months

Description: Tomatoes prepared or preserved in ways other than using vinegar or acetic acid, such as in sauces or pastes